Your bug report #14403: 24.3.50; Big screw: multibyte characters become unibyte which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 14368@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 14403: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14403 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems